The Epson M205 is a monochrome printer with a flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder (ADF) aimed at businesses, offering a high-capacity ink tank system to reduce running costs significantly compared to cartridge printers.

The EcoTank printer comes with built-in wireless connectivity, a tilting control panel with a 2-line LCD display, a pigment ink, and a decent paper capacity. Weighing about 6 kg, it measures 226 mm tall, 377 mm deep, and 435 mm wide. 

Features and Highlights

Bulk Scanning Made Easier

The Epson M205 takes the hassle out of scanning stacks of paper by giving you an automatic document feeder that fits up to 30 pages. Drop them in, and it scans each page one at a time. Once it finishes one, it grabs the next page, and keeps going until the job is done. You can stay with the printer until the end or leave it to do something else.

Flatbed Scanner

While the ADF is aimed at providing efficiency at scanning many pages, the main selling point of the flatbed scanner is its versatility. In simpler words, it can scan irregular media, like books, receipts, and ID cards. By combining the two options in one device, the Epson M205 allows users to scan almost anything as quickly as possible.

One Ink Tank

Since it’s a printer that uses only black ink to print, it only has one ink tank. T7741 is the original ink made for the printer. It’s a bottled ink that you need to pour into the tank to refill it when the ink level is low. 

Unlike many EcoTank printers where the ink tanks are located on the front, the Epson M205 has it on the right side. The ink tank has a cover that you need to open before you can pour a bottled ink into it.

Decent Performance

The Epson M205 has the same print speed as its three siblings: M100, M105, and M200. It’s rated at 34 pages per minute at draft quality. Printing at higher resolution slows down the speed. The highest resolution it can achieve is 1440 x 720 dpi.

Duplex Printing

The monochrome printer lets you save paper by printing on both sides, but it only supports manual duplex printing. Whether the savings are worth the hassle or not, it depends on how many pages you usually print every month. Businesses that want to save paper as much as possible should look for a printer that supports automatic duplex printing.

Epson M205 Driver Free Download

A monochrome printer like the Epson M205 is a good solution to cut down on printing costs. The only ink that needs to be managed is black ink. There is no need to buy color inks since it doesn’t use any of them, and that alone reduces the printer’s operation costs significantly.

However, it is still necessary to install an official driver for the printer. Windows requires drivers to communicate with every device that connects to it, and the M205 is no exception. You can click the link below to download Epson M205 Driver for Windows: